title: Uptake and release of energy substrates, oxygen, and carbon dioxide by the hindlimb of the fasting infant baboon.
abstract: Veno-arterial differences for energy substrates across hindlimb tissues were measured in baboon infants at birth and at 6 weeks. Hindlimb glucose uptake was 2.36 +/- 0.80 microM/min in the newly born baboons and 1.81 +/- 0.56 microM/min in the 6-week-old infants. The major precursor release by the infant baboon hindlimb was lactate, although release of alanine and glycerol was significant. These studies complement previous data suggesting that glycolysis is a major pathway for energy production in the infant primate.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005215:Fasting; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010215:Papio
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007773:Lactates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005934:Glucagon; D005947:Glucose